What to Expect in SBI PO Mains 2018 Examination (Topics & Tips)

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The SBI PO Prelims Examination Results were declared on 16th July 2018. There is not much time left when you will be appearing for yourSBI PO Mains Examination. The Banks try to come up with New types of Questions in Examination every Year. The similar trend was seen in SBI PO Prelims Examination. To keep you updated with such Questions, our Experts came up with expected topics for SBI PO Mains examination, which will help you to be one step ahead. Read the article to know what to expect in SBI PO Mains examination.

The level of exam would be High than last year and you can expect to see a new pattern and range in most of the questions. It’s certainly better to know what to expect in the exam to score better.
This will also help you in following ways-

Knowing what to expect in SBI PO exam will also help you allocate your time wisely to various topics.

It will make your practice worth the effort you put.

Being familiar with tricky questions, you will be able to solve them more quickly as compared to other candidates.

As a result, your chances of clearing the SBI PO Mains will improve.

Read further to know what kind of questions and exam pattern to expect in SBI PO Mains.

What to Expect New in SBI PO Reasoning

The reasoning section of the SBI PO exam aims to test your logical reasoning skills. As a result, there can be a lot of variations in the types of questions that appear in bank exams. As per detailed analysis conducted by our experts, here is what to expect in SBI PO Reasoning section:

Input Output Computer Aptitude(3-5 Questions)- Seeing the changing pattern we noticed that first the problem was based on Number, next year they added number with letter. This time we Expect that the problem will be based on Number + Letter + Word.

Fictitious Language(0-5 Questions)- We all are familiar coding decoding in fictitious language, however, a new type of question was introduced in IBPS exam which included symbols, letters & numbers, all in one code. The logic behind this question was difficult to understand.

Puzzles – In all, there will be 3 puzzles in SBI PO Mains and each will have 5-6 questions. Usually, puzzles are of these types:
1)Box Puzzle- Calculation Based
2) Floor Puzzle- 7-8 floors, 3-4 variables
3) Circular Arrangement – High Chances of Appearing in Mains
4) Linear Arrangement – Single Row (Bi directional), Dual row
5) Double Line up – High Chances of Appearing in Mains
6) Scheduling – May be asked.
7) Grouping and Selection – May be asked. Either Grouping and Selection or Double Lineup will be asked.

Blood Relations
1)Coded Blood Relation
2) Circular with blood relation
3)scheduling with Blood relation
4) Family tree with Double Line Up
5) Double Line Up with Circular Arrangement (asked in SBI PO Mains 2016)
6) Team Formation(Note that 10 Qs will be definitely asked from Seating Arrangement)

What to Expect in SBI PO English

Reading Comprehension – 12-15 Qs – There can be 2 RCs, each having 6-7 Qs. The topic for the RC will be Banking or Economy or Politics Related. Most questions in Mains will be inference based!You should be able to solve the Passage within 20 minutes! You need to practice on understanding tone of passage, main idea, etc.Under inference based questions, expect Statement Inference/Assumptions &, Cause and Effect type questions.

Word Association Pair – 0-6 Qs – You will have to determine the relation (synonyms/ antonyms) between two words.

Para Jumbles, Paragraph/Sentence Completion, Odd Sentence Out – 5-10 Qs are expected. Solve 10 Qs daily + practice in mock tests. Practice arranging 6 sentences to form a meaningful paragraph. Sometimes odd sentence which does not follow the theme of passage can also be there in the options.
Generally, you can find out the last and the first sentence very easily. Here are a few shortcuts to solve these questions easily: Tips for Solving Para Jumbles, Odd Man Out Tricks for SBI PO, Quiz:Para Jumble Quiz 1 (Based on IBPS PO 2016 Pattern).

Radar Graph- Data is displayed in the form of a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point. Try a quiz to understand the topic better.

Caselet- The information is given in the form of paragraph. In a Caselet, no tables or graphs are given. You have to read the information and organize the data in proper way to solve the questions. To master such questions you should start with this Quiz 1.

Missing Case DI- This involve tabular DI in which certain fields are missing. You have to either find out the missing blanks or try to work around it and answer questions.
From here you can learn the Missing Case DI concept

Hope this article helped you to know what to expect in SBI PO Mains in 2018.

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